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AMD cuts prices across its desktop line
by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:42 AM on April 9, 2007

As expected, AMD has taken the axe to Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron prices yet again. The company has also removed a handful of processors—mainly sub-$200 90nm Athlon 64 X2s—from its price list, suggesting that it is discontinuing the chips. Even prices for AMD's FX-70-series processor pairs have gone down a notch. Here are the cuts as they apply to the Athlon 64 X2 and Athlon 64 FX lines:

Processor	Old price	New price
Athlon 64 FX-74	$999	$799
Athlon 64 FX-72	$799	$599
Athlon 64 FX-70	$599	-
Athlon 64 FX-62	$713	-
Athlon 64 X2 6000+	$464	$241
Athlon 64 X2 5600+	$326	$188
Athlon 64 X2 5400+	$267	-
Athlon 64 X2 5200+	$232	$178
Athlon 64 X2 5000+	$222	$167
Athlon 64 X2 4800+	$217	$136
Athlon 64 X2 4600+	$195	-
Athlon 64 X2 4400+	$170	$121
Athlon 64 X2 4200+	$159	-
Athlon 64 X2 4000+	$144	$104
Athlon 64 X2 3800+	$113	$83
Athlon 64 X2 3600+	$102	$73

Evidently, AMD is discontinuing its Athlon 64 X2 4200+, X2 4600+, X2 5400+, FX-62, and FX-70 processors. The cuts also squeeze nearly all Athlon 64 X2 chips under the $200 mark, with the now-$241 Athlon 64 X2 6000+ being the sole exception. Considering Intel is expected to apply significant cuts to its Core 2 Duo line later this month, though, AMD's crazy price reductions might make sense.

AMD has also slashed single-core Athlon 64 and Sempron prices, although the changes there are less dramatic. The Athlon 64 line in its entirety is now priced under $100, and Sempron chips now range from $31 for the 3000+ model to $69 for the 3800+. Those same chips cost a respective $41 and $108 before today's cuts.